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If you were unable to participate in any Martin Luther King jr. Day events this past weekend (curse the weather for forcing Haus of Glitter to postpone

In December 2021, Rhode Island School of Design’s board of trustees announced Crystal Williams as the school’s eighteenth president. To some, the choice President Williams sits down with Providence artist Nafis M. White to discuss inclusion, equity in the arts and her dreams for the Rhode Island School of Design's future.

Get to know Crystal Williams and see how she's leading change in design education and why dogs offer her endless inspiration.

Crystal Williams, V.P. and associate provost for community and inclusion at Boston University and a scholar, teacher, poet, and advocate, will be the 18th president of Rhode Island School of Design.

A student works in RISD's Biodesign Maker Space in the Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab Photo: Matthew Clowney As the US reverberates from devastating challenges brought on by the health pandemic and its aftermath, we urge lawmakers to seek ingenuity and energy from a source not often in the spotlight: arts researchers. In addition to being creative thinkers and makers, many artists, designers and architects are also researchers whose work reveals new insights and approaches to solving some of the most complex challenges facing our world. Arts research tackles the multi-facete...